As a court dance it was performed with small, back-and-forth, springing steps, later subdued to stately glides.
In Footfalls, a woman named May, in Beckett's typically exacting stage directions, "paces back and forth, nine steps within a one-metre stretch.
The back-and-forth accusations have stepped up as the primary nears.
In a television receiver, for example, resonance occurs when the frequency of one of the incoming signals reaching the circuit is near the natural frequency of the circuit, which then responds by absorbing maximum energy from the signal as the current within the circuit surges back and forth in step with the very weak current in the antenna.
A back and forth between stepping into the light and retreating back into the quiet and safety of the shadows.
The program developer moves back and forth between the steps and each step is based on previous steps.
The back-and-forth dialogue was a first step in changing both the environment and Robert's reputation.
Back and forth they go, step by step, till they finally carry dishes over to a side table under a poster of a pig napping in a hammock.
The statement is just the next step in a back-and-forth fight begun in November, when Brinkley filed a motion seeking fines for Cook's "inflammatory communications," i.e. bullying her via abusive emails.
And if I got confused about what I was doing I could just swipe back and forth between the steps.
To share data back and forth requires extra steps to reshape it each time.
